75 year-old, retired professor; active volunteer as spoken-word artist; learning Russian; editor and publisher of textbooks and anthologies:
STORIES FROM THE OTHER SIDE, editions 3, 4, 5 and 6; 2004 - 2012

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

Travel opportunities and to share my comfy condo with international travelers.

Interessi

Spoken-word poetry and performance poetry in open mics; publishing my own collection of recent poems; helping E>S>L> students with English

• literature
• ballet dancing
• italian food
• chinese food
• live music
• tennis
• mountain biking
• biking
• poetry slam
• art museums
• muse
• russian literature

Musica, film e libri

biographies of LGBT painters and writers; Federico Garcia Lorca and Salvador Dali. Reading biographies of Tennessee Williams, American playwright; also of Eugene O'Neill.
Love Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Scriabin and other Russian composers.

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Traveled to the Soviet Union in 1961 at the age of 19. Wrote a narrative, published poem about the trip: ''A PILGRIMAGE''; Traveled to Haiti, W.I., as a missionary 10 times.

Insegna, impara, condividi

COOKING; languages other than English

Paesi che ho visitato

Aruba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, France, Germany, Haiti, Ireland, Italy, Russian Federation